Life Is A Puzzle - Sonny Rollins

Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins reflects on the nature of life at the dawn of the 21st century, then plays a solo at the New Mexico Jazz Festival in July 2007.

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[speakeasynyc]

A few things; first the music and Sonny's solo is awesome. What power, what a signature performance, of course sounding like he is maybe 40 years old. Wow. Second ... "All people are ignorant, we are just trying to learn .. Sonny is a Gurdjieffian ... 3rd. Was this interview in NY?

Brett, thanks so much AGAIN, for all you continue to do. The best holiday wishes to you & yours.

[JazzVideoGuy]

@speakeasynyc Thanks for viewing. Interview/Performance New Mexico Jazz Festival, 2007. Looking forward to more poetry in 2012.

[Streamline09]

Loved this...and the performance was mesmerizing. Thanks, Brett.

[JazzVideoGuy]

@Streamline09 Sonny is honest and truth and real, just like this playing.

[bluetrane64]

Bret, great video. Sonny is not only an awesome musician--artist but also a very wise human being. Jazz truly touches my soul. For every color in a visual artist's palette, for every precise word at the tip of a writer's pen, a jazz musician, like Sonny Rollins matches them with every musical note he lays down. Thanks again!

[JazzVideoGuy]

@bluetrane64 Sonny is a wise man, in many ways. He's spent a lot of time working on himself, and his music, and it shows.

[ImaniHekima]

I relate very much to what Sonny says here. And a great performance!

[arbresistance]

On day in 1992 in front of Le Grand Rex, there was a man absorbed in his thoughts in the middle of people walking by on the sidewalk. When I saw him, I stopped under shock. I didn't dare to talk nor move. He saw me, seemed surprised, then smiled. I didn't have a ticket for the evening concert, it was sold out and I was broke anyway. We look at each other in silence, not one single word. Then he said, give your name to this man and come back for the concert, then he left. It was a great concert.

[arbresistance]

"You should not count on God too much, but maybe that God counts on us..."

This sentence is the last words of Gustave a stone-cutter worker, on his bed's death.

Sonny Rollings used his life well with his music and "God" must be happy.

[Streamline09]

@JazzVideoGuy Yes, I can feel that. Thanks.